Background
I was raised as a Roman Catholic, but with a love of all mythological stories that began in elementary school. My dad and I used to have long talks about the social uses of religion, which kept my mind open to the beauty of different paths to God. I had a strong sense of Spirit's presence, even as a child; I could feel Jesus' presence in the sanctuary and loved the music and symbolism of the Catholic tradition. By the time I went to college, though, I had tired of the hypocrisy within that church and drifted off to a spiritual kind of humanism, with a strong affinity for the universal concept of a divine energy, like the Force in the Star Wars movies.
In the mundane dimension of life, I spent seven years in the Air Force, where I instructed new intelligence officers, and four years working at a university before coming to Houston and being a mom of two children and a household manager. I am now a freelance indexer and editor of books and technical documentation. Although a public speaker in the Air Force, I did not originally think of myself as a presenter of talks on spiritual subjects, but my long interest in mythologies of all kinds was revived when I joined a Unitarian Universalist church. As a church member for a lay-led congregation, I began my speaking career filling in at the pulpit with talks on my favorite subjects.
In 1998, I was re-introduced to the New Age with the Conversations With God books by Neale Donald Walsch. I then started a program of inner healing and spiritual exploration with other sources, including the Kryon materials, insights from The Group (channeled by Steve Rother), past-life regression training, and soul retrieval/unification work. I was inspired by my inner muse to write some of my passions into the poetry you can see on this site. In addition, I've put together a number of essays/sermonettes that I've presented at Unitarian churches and New Age spiritual centers over the past ten years. Check out the links page for more on the material that has inspired me.
I continue to integrate body, mind, and soul to live/practice what wisdom I've absorbed in my journey. This site is designed to share some of what I've learned with you in poetry and prose.